u/Agile-Challenge-7080

This add-on is 100% free ($0).

As a med student, I needed a way to stop losing focus and breaking my streaks, so I used Claude to help me build this. It has a few main features:

• FocusFlow: A beautiful floating widget with a built-in Pomodoro timer (25/5) and a live progress bar tracking your daily card goals.
• StreakShield: A live streak counter in your Anki status bar. Earn milestone badges, and get 1 free shield per month to protect your streak on a bad day.
• SmartPause: It only counts the time you actually spend answering cards—ignoring the time you spend distracted or tabbed out—giving you a true Focus Efficiency score.
• Custom UI Wallpapers: Calming backgrounds (Deep Space, City Rain, Lo-Fi Café, Aurora) or upload your own custom images.
• Advanced Deck Trackers: Track your exact progress, streaks, and card counts for specific individual decks.

I put the download file on my Reddit profile if you want to try it out. Happy studying and good luck with your reviews! 🩺

As a 5th-year med student staring down a massive block of May exams, my Anki fatigue was hitting an all-time high. I kept zoning out during reviews, losing my streak on heavy clinic days, and staring at the same boring grey screen.

I spent my evenings over the last few weeks coding a complete UI and workflow overhaul for myself. I call it StudyOS, and I wanted to share the core add-ons with you all for free.

Here is what the free bundle includes:

🍅 FocusFlow (Pomodoro & Goal Tracker) A clean, floating widget that sits on your screen. It runs a 25/5 Pomodoro timer and shows a live progress bar tracking your daily card goal.

🛡️ StreakShield (Streak Protection) Losing a 100-day streak because of one bad rotation day is soul-crushing. This adds a live streak tracker to your Anki status bar, gives you milestone badges, and grants you 1 Free Shield per month to protect your streak on a day you just can't study.

⏸ SmartPause (Honest Focus Tracker) Anki counts your time even if you are staring at your phone. SmartPause runs in the background and only tracks the time you actually spend answering cards. At the end of the day, it gives you a "Focus Efficiency %" so you know if you are actually studying or just pretending to.

🟣 The Premium Upgrade The core tools above are completely free. However, if you want to support my clinical laptop fund, I also built a Premium Bundle. It includes everything above, plus Advanced Deck-Specific Trackers to help you manage massive medical decks, and a Custom UI Wallpaper engine (choose from premium themes like Deep Space and Lo-Fi Cafe, or upload your own custom images to make Anki look exactly how you want!).

👇 How to get the download: Reddit's spam filters usually delete direct download links, so I put the download link right in my Reddit bio! You can grab the free StudyOS files directly from there. I also linked the custom "Deep Space" Anki template I made a while back if you want to match the aesthetic. Let me know what you think in the comments, and let's crush these exams! 🩺